Big Van Vader was one of the greatest superheavyweights in pro wrestling history because he excelled at breaking the rules regarding how big men were supposed to work in the business. The wrestling ...

The 61-year-old wrestler tweeted the news to his 32,000 followers on Monday, revealing that doctors diagnosed him with congestive heart failure. READ: MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice Dies at 42 "Told by two ...

WWE and WCW legend Vader — also known to audiences as Big Van Vader — died Monday after a battle with pneumonia. The professional wrestler, whose real name was Leon White, was 63. White’s son posted ...

Wrestler Ric Flair is mourning the death of one-time opponent Big Van Vader at the age of 63. Big Van Vader, whose real name was Leon White, died after battling "a severe case of Pneumonia, " his son, ...

The professional wrestling community mourns the loss of one of its greatest super heavyweights today with the passing of Big Van Vader. But before Vader starred in every territory from WWF to WCW to ...

Before Leon White was Vader, he was a wrestler named Baby Bull. After a rough childhood growing up in Los Angeles, including burglars breaking into his house when he was home alone with his sister, ...

This week on “Rewind-Mania,” my cohost and I reviewed Sting and Big Van Vader’s titanic clash at “Starrcade ‘92” on Dec. 28, 1992. This is the second encounter in Sting and Vader’s legendary trilogy ...

Leon White, one of professional wrestling's most iconic big men, died Monday evening at 63 after a long battle with various health issues. White played Big Van Vader (or Vader) during a career that ...

It's time, it's time, it's indeed Vader time! The ultra-intense, super-heavyweight wrestler Big Van Vader (real name Leon White) is being honored by WWE with a posthumous induction into the company's ...

World Wrestling Entertainment's Leon White, known to fans as Big Van Vader, announced Tuesday he was given less than two years to live by his doctors. White announced the news on Twitter saying, "I am ...